Pun
pg.62 "You see the earth takes twenty-four hours to turn round on its axis"said Alice; the Duchess replies "Talking of axes chop off her head"
pg.37 "Mine is a long and a sad tale!' said the Mouse, turning to Alice, and sighing. "It IS a long tail, certainly," said Alice, looking down with wonder at the Mouse's tail; `but why do you call it sad?'
pg.38 `I had NOT!' cried the Mouse, sharply and very angrily. `A knot!' said Alice, always ready to make herself useful, and looking anxiously about her.
Diction
pg.35 "What is a Caucus-race?"
pg.28 "Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day!
Assonance
pg.66 "Did you say 'pig' or 'fig'?"
pg.73 `and their names were Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie; and they lived at the bottom of a well--'
Alliteration
pg.66 "By-the-bye...."
pg.58 Pig and Pepper
Lexicon
pg.26 "CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER!"
pg.86 "Tut, tut, child!" said the Duchess.
Personification
pg.74 "Of course they were," said the Doormouse: "well in."
pg.48 She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and her eyes immediately met those of a large blue caterpillar, that was sitting on the top, with its arms folded, quietly smoking a long hookah, and taking not the smallest notice of her or of anything else.
Syntax
pg.58-59 An invitation from the Queen to play croquet.' The Frog-Footman repeated, in the same solemn tone, only changing the order of the words a little, `From the Queen. An invitation for the Duchess to play croquet.'
pg.69 `You might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat what I see!"
pg.69 "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing as "I sleep when I breathe!"
pg.69 "I like what I get" is the same thing as "I get what I like!"
pg.69 "Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on. "I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least I mean what I say-that's the same thing, you know."
Repitition
pg.72 Here the Doormouse shook itself, and began singing in its sleep "Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle--"
pg.97 Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance. Would not, could not, would not, could not, could not join the dance.
pg.97 Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance. Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance.
Alice Word Play